Which Among Fraxel Lasers Works Best for Surgery Scars?

Each scar is different, so to ask which laser is taking out the part of medicine that is most important. Additionally, with the advent of people in this field who know very little other than how to write a check for an expensive laser (with payments that come every month), there is now an incentive for that person to sell you on a laser for something that might be just as easily be treated with time/waiting or a simple injection of a steroid. In my office, I use this laser very rarely for... more

Different areas of the body heal at different rates so it would depend where the scar is. The face heals more quickly than other body areas and if your scar is located on your face you might want to "take the hit" and opt for the Fraxel Repair. You will have some downtime and you likely will not be able to completely remove the scar. I've had excellent results on isolated injury scars on the face with the Repair, but even with this laser, it takes more than one session. For scars... more

In my experience, having performed over 1,000 restore treatments and with extensive experience with the repair, the restore is the better option. Though theoretically the repair can be done in only one treatment and would be equivalent to multiple restore treatments, sequential treatments of scars (surgical, burn, acne, stretch marks) with our hybrid restore protocol ends up with the best outcome. The recovery after each one is much easier and quicker. Good luck!

The Repair will do in one session what 4-6 Restore treatments will do. I use fractional CO2 (I use Lumenis Total FX) when the patient can do the week of downtime. If they cannot, I recommend the series of Restore treatments. By having both lasers, I can let the patient choose which way they wish to go.

Hi Violeta, It really depends on the surgical scar as all of the modalities are effective. Both Fraxel restore and repair work well on improving scars. Fraxel restore requires a series of 4 to 6 or more treatments separated by at least 2 weeks. The recovery is much easier, but there are many more treatments than with repair. The results are not as dramatic as with repair. With Fraxel repair, patients may require 1 to 3 or more treatments separated by 4 to 8 months (depending on how the... more